Drivetime

Elections are over

Elections are over. Promises have been made as president Jacob Zuma will be inaugurated for his second term. MPs will be sworn in but will the promises be kept? Sean Muller a senior researcher at the Development Policy Research Unit at UCT says in his op ed politicians and policymakers…

20 May 2014 10AM 9 min

Tuesday's election in Malawi

Tuesday's election in Malawi is seen as one of Africa's most competitive - the closest since the re-introduction of multi-party politics in Malawi in 1993. Four of the 12 candidates in the presidential race have a chance of winning. Joyce Banda is one of three of female presidents in Africa…

20 May 2014 10AM 16 min

Zane Ibrahim

Zane Ibrahim, Bush Radio’s former Managing Director from 1996 to 2010 and the man who led the station has died. Ibrahim, the co-founder and former MD of Bush Radio was known to some as the 'father of community radio' for his role at Bush, Ibrahim is also an anti-apartheid activist…

20 May 2014 10AM 9 min

Nigerian Situation

The abduction of 276 schoolgirls from a high school in Chibok, northern Nigeria, and the Nigerian government’s responses, provides insight into the possibilities for resolving the instability currently engulfing Africa’s most populous country. Those are the words of the Afro Middle East Centre's brief looking at the situation in Nigeria…

19 May 2014 11AM 15 min

Whats trending with Bonga Dlulane

The 4-6 pm current affairs Drivetime Show is hosted by veteran journalist Shafiq Morton, winner of two Vodacom Awards, and an AfriCAN author’s award. Analytical and thought-provoking, Morton brings his decades of experience as a photo-journalist, historian and broadcaster to the show, added with his unique brand of humour and…

19 May 2014 10AM 11 min

Platinum mineworkers strike goes on

As the protracted platinum mineworkers strike goes on, many families go by without food due to the no work no pay rule. AMCU is leading the strike and is requesting a R12 000 minimum wage for it's members. Local organisation Gift of the Givers is busy with plans to assist…

19 May 2014 10AM 7 min

Mariam Yahia Ibrahim

A Sudanese court found Mariam Yahia Ibrahim, a pregnant Christian mother, guilty of apostasy and adultery and sentenced her to lashings and death, unless she renounces Christianity and reverts back to Islam. This has resulted in many to condemn the Sudanese court death sentence given to a pregnant young Christian…

19 May 2014 10AM 18 min

The Swaziland Solidarity Network

The Swaziland Solidarity Network] response says King Mswati's is exposing his own hypocrisy in his joining the chorus of public figures who have been publicly condemningthe kidnapping of over 200 school children by Boko Haram. SSN says that recently Tintswalo Ngobeni was forced to flee to the United Kingdom after…

19 May 2014 10AM 8 min

Nigeria Chaos

We now play a package by Real News Network called the Roots of the Nigerian chaos. Nigeria has become SA biggest economy surpassing South Africa but that has been marred by the kidnapping of over 230 girls by Boko Haram

16 May 2014 11AM 11 min

Huge underground coal mine explosion

Anger is mounting in Turkey after more than 280 miners were killed in a huge underground coal mine explosion in the country's west. Rescuers at the Soma mine have so far recovered 282 bodies, but scores more men are believed to be trapped underground after the pit caved in on…

16 May 2014 10AM 21 min

Mamphela Ramphele's political life has ended

Mamphela Ramphele's political life has ended before even she entered parliament. AgangSA leaders announced yesterday she is taking a break politics as her party only managed to get two seats in parliament. In her statement Ramphele admitted that her party's performance in the general elections last week was “disappointing”, but…

16 May 2014 10AM 12 min

Zochrot – Hebrew for "Remembering"

Maps, leaflets and posters explain the work of Zochrot – Hebrew for "Remembering". The organisation's mission is to educate Israeli Jews about a history that has been obscured by enmity, propaganda and denial for much of the last 66 years. Next week, Zochrot, whose activists include Jews and Palestinians, will connect the…

15 May 2014 11AM 19 min

Whats trending with Bonga D

The 4-6 pm current affairs Drivetime Show is hosted by veteran journalist Shafiq Morton, winner of two Vodacom Awards, and an AfriCAN author’s award. Analytical and thought-provoking, Morton brings his decades of experience as a photo-journalist, historian and broadcaster to the show, added with his unique brand of humour and…

15 May 2014 10AM 4 min

Muslim Views

It's time for us to take a look at what's in this month's issue of Muslim Views. Online is editor Farid Sayed to give us the latest

15 May 2014 10AM 13 min

An Analysis of Free Basic Services

Socio Economic Rights Institute has released their May 2014 report. One section of the report is called Targeting the Poor? An Analysis of Free Basic Services (FBS) and Municipal Indigent Policies in South Africa. This report identifies and analyses problems with the implementation of municipal indigent policies and the provision…

15 May 2014 10AM 9 min

Dr Muzaffar Iqbal

The Awqaf Foundation of South Africa is hosting a very special guest in the country this week - Muzaffar Iqbal,  the founder-president of Center For Islamic Sciences in Canada. Dr Iqbal is the editor of the Integrated Encyclopedia of the Qur’an, the first english-language reference work on the Qur’an based…

14 May 2014 11AM 21 min

Whats Trending with Bonga Dlulane

Whats Trending sees VOC Drivetime producer Bonga Dlulane giving us a daily update about what is happening in the world of twitter. To tell us what social media is talking about Bonga Dlulane is here…

14 May 2014 10AM 8 min

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday for his conviction on two counts of bribery in the Holyland corruption case. In March, Olmert was found guilty of accepting bribes when he served as mayor of Jerusalem, in exchange for helping the developers of…

14 May 2014 10AM 14 min

SA Media Bias

Twenty years ago, South Africa held its first democratic elections, which brought Nelson Mandela's African National Congress (ANC) to power.Today, under President Jacob Zuma, the ANC has just won its fifth consecutive term - but it did so with a reduced margin. The party has blamed a lot of its…

14 May 2014 10AM 10 min

What's trending with Bonga Dlulane

The 4-6 pm current affairs Drivetime Show is hosted by veteran journalist Shafiq Morton, winner of two Vodacom Awards, and an AfriCAN author’s award. Analytical and thought-provoking, Morton brings his decades of experience as a photo-journalist, historian and broadcaster to the show, added with his unique brand of humour and…

13 May 2014 11AM 9 min